Imagic was founded in 1981
by William FX. Grubb and eight defectors from Atari and
Mattel, including Rob Fulop. The company was the second
independant game publisher

Investors : Kliener Perkins
Caufleld Byers

Imagic grew rapidly, and
was slated to go public in Dec, 1982. The public stock
offering was withdrawn in the final hour due to Atari
pre-announcing their worst quarter ever. The company would
later be acquired by Activision.